Iberaudit Kreston Hold “Growing Together” in Barcelona

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

IBERAUDIT KRESTON HOLD ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN BARCELONA

IBERAUDIT Kreston, Kreston member in Spain, Portugal and Andorra held its annual Conference, “Growing Together” in Barcelona recently with fifty professionals, partners and managers of the firm in attendance.

During the conference, Jon Lisby, Kreston’s CEO presented an update of Kreston strategy which included a summary of Kreston in the global market.

Mercè Martí, Chairwoman and CEO at IBERAUDIT Kreston, presented Iberaudit Kreston’s annual results and explained the aims of the company for the future, that is to further raise the profile both nationally and internationally.

This year saw Kreston Iberaudit rise to 14th place in the rankings of audit firms in Spain, up 2 places from last year.

Elena Ramirez, the IBERAUDIT Kreston partner responsible for the international division and member of the Kreston Board, explained the activities undertaken in collaboration with the partners of the network in more than 100 countries.

Joana Sanchez, chairwoman of Inesdi and leader of the digital economy sector, gave an overview of social media in business and in the last presentation of the day, Pedro Navarrete, the Ex – Vice – President of Sony Europa, gave his own personal view of changes he has seen in the company.

The conference ended with a vist to Park Güell, a famous garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona ( shown below)
The event can be viewed here..

Keith C Peterka, from Kreston International’s US member firm Mayer Hoffman McCann’s Professional Standards Group, has been appointed as a member of the IFRS Foundation’s newly created SME Implementation Group, to be chaired by IASB board member Paul Pacter.

The International Office is pleased to announce that Shaanxi San Qin CPA has been admitted as a member of Kreston International. Xian is the capital city of Shaanxi Province and its industries include software, outsourcing, telecommunications and aerospace.

Shirley Smith has been appointed as a Corporate Services Partner by Reeves+Neylan LLP, Kreston’s UK member which covers the South East of England and which was voted National ‘Large Firm of the Year’ in 2009.

Iberaudit Auditores, Kreston International’s member network covering Spain and Portugal is pleased to announce that its Board member Mercè Martí, partner of Iberaudit Barcelona, has been elected as Chair of Grupo20 www.grupo20auditoria.com ).

Executive Director, Jon Lisby and Quality and Professional Standards Director, Sue Almond have both been invited to speak at the Federation of European Accountants (FEE) Conference to be held in Venice on 15-16th April 2010

The 5th Annual Kreston India/Nepal Conference was this year superbly hosted by Rajesh Agrawal and his team from R. Agrawal & Associates, our Kreston member in Nepal – the world’s youngest republic. Edmond Chan, Regional Secretary for Asia Pacific also attended the Conference together with representatives from two of the Kreston China member firms.

Gabriel Brösztl, who co-founded Kreston International back in 1971, has announced his decision to retire as Managing Partner of Bansbach Schübel Brösztl & Partner GmbH (“BSB”) after a remarkable period of sixty years.

Russell Brennan Keane is delighted to announce the appointment of Derek Andrews as Taxation Director. Based in Dublin, Derek brings with him significant experience of advising private and public businesses in software development, manufacturing, retail and leisure industries.

The development of national networks within Kreston International continues to prove an effective strategy for expanding both local and international business referrals and to build the member firms’ resource, capability and profile. Iberaudit Auditores, Kreston’s national network covering Spain and Portugal recently held its 2009 Congress in Seville, the artistic, cultural and financial capital of Southern Spain.

The 2009 Kreston International EURAFNE conference took place at the Hotel Concorde La Fayette in Paris from 17th – 19th September. Hosted by Kreston member Exco, over 100 delegates took part. The conference was organised in conjunction with Exco’s annual event.

The International Office is very pleased to announce that our member in France, Exco, have secured retired International rugby player, Philippe Sella, to be guest speaker at the Kreston European conference in Paris in September.

The Kreston UK Conference was held in Bristol on 23-25th April 2009. Hosted by local member firm Biship Fleming, the conference entitled “Facing the Challenge Together” attracted over 60 Partners and senior managers from 11 member firms

Kreston International is delighted to announce that US member firm has completed the acquisition of Tofias PC, the second largest regional accounting firm In New England with offices in Cambridge, Providence, New Bedford and Newport and ranked as one of the Top 100 accounting firms in the USA.

CBIZ Inc, Kreston’s US member, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mahoney Cohen & Company, a leading national accounting service provider based in New York City with additional offices in Boca Raton and Miami, Florida, and Houston, Texas.

We are pleased to announce the admittance of three firms which will further strengthen the Kreston Mexico region. These are: CPAC Corporative of Professional Consultants, S.C Villa Estrada Y Asociados, S.C BS Soluciones de Negocios, S.C.

The International Office is delighted to announce the admission to Kreston of Miles Pty Ltd. Miles is a specialist Corporate Advisory firm dealing only in Mergers & acquisitions, disposals and capital raising. The firm has offices in Sydney and Melbourne.

Over 70 partners and staff from Kreston International member firms from the UK and Ireland gathered on 6-8th of March in Oxford, “The City of Dreaming Spires” .Oxford is famous the world over for its University and place in history – for 800 years it was a home to royalty and scholars

Kreston UK accounting firm Kreston Reeves and Spofforths have announced their decision to merge on 1st June 2016 to create one of the largest accountancy and financial advisory firms in the South-East of the UK.

The 2016 Bentleys Partners Conference held in Queenstown, New Zealand over 4 – 8 April attracted over 70 delegates from the Kreston network in Australia and New Zealand together with guests from Kreston member firms in India, Indonesia, Taiwan and Singapore.

“We are delighted to have been recognised in both of these important rankings –
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The strategy of re-uniting and building Kreston’s strength in Latin America sees the addition of a further 12 new member firms in the Region and extends Kreston’s representation to Panama, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.

The 36th Kreston International World Conference “Kohesion” which took place from 28th to 31st October was attended by over 150 delegates and companions from 28 countries and was opened with a welcome address from Kreston International Chairman, Clive Stevens. This was followed by a drinks reception and banquet in the stunning King Arthur’s Room of the InterContinental Hotel on famous Michigan Avenue.

Was held at the London Gatwick Hilton. 18 delegates from 10 different countries. The venue of the Gatwick Hilton provided a central point for those travelling to the UK and the business facilities were of a very high standard to discuss the value of the Kreston Special Interest Group to members across Europe

Okamoto & Company has specialised in providing bilingual professional accounting services to foreign subsidiaries since 1992. They are a three – partner firm and employ 25 professionals and approximately the same number of support staff. Partner, Richard Okamoto gives an insight into his firm and how he is looking forward to working within Kreston.